I believe James is alive. have not finished reading If We Were Villains, we respectfully suggest that you consider waiting before reviewing this guide. "Are we Richard tonight or are we Dick?" "Ignore him, Oliver," James said. This actually shed some light on the ending for me. A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. 4 guests You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough. For pleasure and for life. Rio draws on her training as an actor to create the world of an elite drama school ripped apart by a disaster of Shakespearean proportions. Truth isn't stranger than fiction despite Mark Twain's best efforts to convince you. Do you wish I had done it? He asked me, flatly. And maybe Im even crazier for loving you so much.. His eyes, still cloudy with sleep, widened as he took in the sight of me, standing at his doorstep. The night before auditions for Julius Caesar, one of the studentsAlexandersuggests that the auditions are pointless as all seven have been consistently typecast the hero (James), the villain (Alexander), the tyrant (Richard), the temptress (Meredith), the ingnue (Wren), and the unlucky two consigned to bit parts (Oliver and Filippa). This always seemed to be the case for James and me, all those years ago and all these years after. Youre alive, were the stupid words coming out of my own mouth. (Destiel vibes). tbh I don't think James is dead. Just to stay alive. However, Ive been asking myself why fake his death, then? But I really like this idea. He becomes jealous and realizes that he is romantically attracted to James. Just a quick warning: there are some mentions of suicidal tendencies (as we know how the actual book ended, I think theres no not touching the subject) and a few mentions of canon angst, death and violence, but nothing happening currently and nothing graphic, either. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Like tf are ya dum. Its nice, inside, I commented, offhand. We were blind., Yeah, we were. Rio, was published in 2017. Oliver's narrative voice is self-deprecatory, revealing that he thinks of himself as a side character in his own story. I took my time, kissing, sucking at his skin and breathing him in, satisfied by the sounds he produced in response. I do love you. The Jews were just starting to migrate to England and the racism towards them was motivated by their . Spice Girls, unite! Us. He had gone and given his lungs to the waves, released his pain for someone else to feel. This year, make If We Were Villains by M.L. My hands were steadier than I had anticipated they would be, but maybe it was just so cold outside that I couldnt quite distinguish whether it was my body responding to the weather, or just nerves. And you do? The play performance of this is absolutely incredible, the reader . I brought both my arms around him, and a single pull was enough to have him losing all strength and falling on top of me, sobbing. Do you remember that? No, I dont think so. It's not the whole truth. If We Were Villains is such an intricate, multi faceted read that there is no doubt I will get more from it when I . This was it. I didnt even wait for her to come home., I texted her, told her I was going away for a while, maybe my sisters.. All I could care about was how my heart raced every time he moved, finding a new spot to lay his kisses, to bruise my skin, making me his. But your something is different from Merediths. I stared at him for a moment, raising my hand so the pads of my fingers could trace the lines of his face, making sure he was real. I am not blaming you! Omg this! You can find me onInstagram,Twitter, andGoodreads. Each begins in the present day with Colborne and Oliver's final interview, and then returns to the bulk of the story, which is Oliver's telling of the events of his fourth year. The inseparable duo. i hate this feeling of not knowing and i thin thats exactly what the author was going for. Maybe it wasnt so surprising how obvious our feelings had been to everyone else but us. plus philipa saying he felt the emotion on four it makes sense that hes dead youre right. . On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. In the middle of reading if we were villains and James and Oliver CLEARLY had a thing for eachother, you cannot tell me otherwise. The tragedy is that Oliver will have to live with the fact that James is out there and that they can never be together. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. We gave ourselves to each other as the waves crashed outside. James and Oliver. This is a great take on this!! From my point of view, James looked the same in his thirties as he had in his twenties. Wouldnt it be cruel of James to leave such a note behind? He had always been the most serious student . LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free. Just James's thoughts and emotions. On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. 10 years after the events, Oliver is approached by the former police officer who investigated his . Youve always known why.. But it also alludes that Oliver can never find normal/peace. And maybe for just a split second, I, too, knew what drowning felt like.James Farrow stood before me. No, that wasnt what walking on stars felt like, and I knew that, now. Rio [EBOOK AND AUDIOBOOK]<br><br>Enter the players. Ugh thank you for this, I didnt see that connection til now, I have to say I liked this ending better than The Secret Histories ending. Oliver confronts James during the intermission of Lear, and James reluctantly confesses. Perhaps because Rio is aware of exactly how pretentious Oliver and co. are, or perhaps because Oliver and co. are depressed messes in need of therapy and different friend groups, the characters of If We Were Villains end up being quite endearing and likable, despite themselves. Oliver claims to love both James and Meredith, at different points throughout the story. Retiring Detective Colborne has always had his doubts about Olivers guilt, and hes finally going to find out if he was right. A fleeting thought of Meredith ran through my head, but only for a second. A kiss that I could tell from the first touch, would take us somewhere. I followed him into his kitchen, where we resumed our previous standing and staring position, but now under better light, where we could properly see each other. Im not going to deny that I love her-,. Until loving him was more dangerous than the consequences of what we did.. Said in words others could hear, but only I would listen to. I do love her. The popular book, "If We Were Villains" by M.L Rio, published in 2017, is the story of seven actors-Richard, Wren, James, Alexander, Meredith, Filppa and Oliver-competing their way through an elite college. As a friend, and something else I cant quite name, I repeated. During the performance, Oliver discovers that James is in love with Wren. And since the subtext is "wait for me or come find me" that does not mean he means it in this life or world. 4.23. When the teachers mix up the roles it puts a strain on the friendship of Olivers group, and things begin to go downhill fast. Whenever I had the slightest chance of having you, that is who I chose., Because you never knew my side of the story. The glass floor of the stage was no more than an illusion, and while it was beautiful to look at, it was just that: a stage. I would have never let them take you. Oliver's close friendship with James and his complicated romance with Meredith are key throughout the novel. In fact, in the Act 4 Prologue, Colbourne asks Oliver if he blames Shakespeare for any of it, and Oliver says he blames Shakespeare for all of it. If thou remember'st not the slightest follyThat ever love did make thee run into,Thou hast not loved. Wrote your note knowing you would understand it, while no one else would. Are you telling me you only found out about that after you were released? Richard is dead because of it, and it cost us everything.. You went to Meredith. He finished for me. The book was layed out similar to a script, split into sections with each section being an act in a five-act drama. Dark Helmet - Spaceballs (1987) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. James poured us two mugs and gestured for me to sit at the small kitchen table. Oliver and his classmates James, Richard, Alexander, Wren, Filippa and Meredith immerse themselves into the world of Shakespearean tragedy, and as they do their lives turn into a tragedy in ways they could never have foreseen. Yeah, I do. Perhaps they were just the same, after all this time. Really? He cut me off and tried to take his hands away, but I grabbed them, keeping them still between mine. I would find a way to apologize to her, but being honest, I suspect she always knew that if James had stayed in the picture, me and her wouldnt stand a chance. So, Im sorry, but disappearing was easier than coming back to see you in that place every few months.. And of course there was Colin, standing there, slouching slightly, a look of absolute terror, pure and raw as daylight, adorning his features. As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. Filippa sends Oliver James' suicide note, which James had addressed to him. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Author: M.L. But really, it doesn't take long because I don't have that sort of patience. IMO, it ties into the bird imagery. I actually came all the way here intending to do so, he confessed. Truth is, I couldnt say myself, and it was probably the both of you. You know she wouldve at least talked to the others, at least considered it might have been an accident., James, I dont think you remember how you were that night. "Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=If_We_Were_Villains&oldid=1141467345, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 05:52. Afterwards, Oliver seeks out Meredith to comfort her, and the two end up having sex. For years, Thaisa lives hidden away from the rest of society as a priestess, believing her husband to have died in the storm, until the goddess Diana helps them reunite. From $1.46. In and out. Some of the dialogue written out in a script-form, particularly when they are performing or rehearsing for plays. He proceeds to call Meredith a slut and gets in a physical argument with her as well. Published in 2017, Rio's first book is thrilling, dark and absorbs you immediately into its world. Sure, they're utter trainwrecks who would be unendurable in real . Not too soon, I shook my head. At first, John and Oliver were on a mission to find and kill Deadshot but after learning that John's brother's death was a planned hit he was apprehended by Amanda Waller and put in the . Simple and clean, but homely. Its not that, its just it makes me sad., Yeah. Please consider turning it on! It is. He said, looking down at his hands. If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, A well-written and gripping ode to the stage . Gold Derby recently conducted a poll asking viewers of "Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains" to name who played the best pre-merge game, and it's a tie between two members of the so-called Spice Girls alliance Shonee Bowtell and George Mladenov both receive 36% support. 1. Trotzdem ist der junge Schauspieler glcklich am renommierten Dellecher College, einer abgeschiedenen Welt mit flackernden . No, what we did. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. He bent down and kissed my face where it had landed, resting his lips there for a moment. She did the right thing by going and talking to the detective when she learned about James because she KNEW James was gonna drag Oliver down with him, and he did just that, even when colborne had his suspicions that it was never Oliver. It was made pretty clear a few times in the book that James was very good at immersing himself into roles and losing himself in them back in their first class with Gwendolyn and again at the ill-fated Lear rehearsal. Die TikTok-Sensation auf Deutsch als Taschenbuch Jetzt bei Penguin entdecken und bestellen. Oliver's friendship with James for instance was beautifully and subtly written and was one of my favourite parts of the novel. The scene was also very quiet, the sound of the waves being the only lullaby to our wavering voices. There were four years between then and you getting released, and I swear to God I could not keep living my life the way I was. Hi, I said, that being the only coherent thought I could seem to form. James tries to help him, but is stopped by Alexander, who suggests they should let him die and thus end his reign of terror. He had killed himself, drowned, joining his sins in the only way he knew how. All seven of us. James Farrow Needs A Hug; James and Oliver Deserved Better; Bittersweet; We desperately need a sequel to this gorgeous book; James and Oliver are so in love I can't; Summary. . So, I think his note to Oliver is to say that hes killed James and has adapted a new self - one that is free of the torment that James suffered from. Change). Oliver is finally being released. oliver finds james alive after being released from prison. Howd you sleep? I asked, now stroking his hair. And Meredith, he spoke her name with a little more disdain than I cared to stand. Rio 354 pages. So I still think he's canonically alive but it's not super in character, idk. Only he and filippa besides Oliver know of his crimes. . And she didnt speak to me for a decade because of that, not until I got out and knocked at her door.. I couldnt have Filippa over for lunch and not talk about it, but talking about it was too much to stomach, even with her. The way the book was written it allows for both possibilities. No, I said more firmly, not allowing James to go down that road. I was getting nervous again. Instead, Oliver goes to visit Meredith, now a television actress living in Chicago. "It was good that I had taken the time to breathe before setting the scene into motion, because once the door opened, complaining slightly at its hinges, my lungs stopped. Faking your own death. The character he quotes faked her death. I wanted to start small, but maybe it was my dramatic head that wanted to jump right to the most painful parts, setting the angsty bits on fire before they could burn me from the inside. He was hurting everyone; he was hurting you. And you werent yourself., Stop saying that like I dont know it! Something else I Wana add. If We Were Villains, written by M. L. Rio and published in 2013, 2017, tells the story of Oliver Marks, a former Shakespearian actor at the Dellecher conservatory, and the murder mystery that surrounds his 4th and final year at the conservatory. Soon enough, the kitchen was smelling nice, the aroma filling my chest and giving me a newfound strength. The unsaid, unwritten, unspoken; but spoken to me, in a language only we spoke, written to me in invisible letters only I could see. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I had already decided it would be easier on everyone if I just disappeared., Yeah, I thought about that, too. They never found a body. Inside, James had clearly made some work to make the place habitable. If We Were Villains is the debut novel of American author M. L. Rio, first published in 2017 by Flatiron Books. Its easy. The chair we were on started to feel small, and, suddenly, I felt James hands grabbing me from the back of my thighs as he stood up, and carried me into the living room, lying me on the couch, and placing himself on top of me. So the aforementioned line suggests that this tragedy is no different and we don't get the happy ending we want but we are given false hope. We lived our lives in between sonnets, with drama and comedy lost together in a sky of words at our disposal. But mostly, I was thinking about how I couldnt actually leave you. I finished reading If we were villains like four days ago and literally started writing this immediately after, because I was just obsessed and freaking out by the ending. One being a plain, short, and general farewell. I mean, that the moment I think Im remotely over what happened, you are released. James mouth was softer than I remembered. Its one of the best books Ive read so far in 2022! At the cast party, Richard punches a student who had been flirting with Meredith. (LogOut/ I had, in the space of only a few weeks, revisited my most traumatic experience, one that had put me away in a cell for a third of my life. An exploration of Filippa and Camilo's relationship, which I'm not even sure is canon but found interesting to explore anyway. [4] James, we would have ended up exactly here. . After wed all been in it together for so long? He raised his voice, angry. Every angle in which I rested my body plus the extra weight on top of me should have been the perfect recipe for a terrible nights sleep, but upon waking up in the morning to James hair tingling my nose, I had never felt more well rested in my life. I blinked away the wetness building in my eyes, and pretended not to feel the crashing weight on my chest. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it.A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. If We Were Villains <br> by M.L. I was glad just to hear his breath, to have him close. Oliver is eager to reunite with James, who had eventually stopped visiting, but is informed that he drowned himself four years earlier. Maybe he hadnt been washed from shore to shore. I also really liked that the book was divided into Acts as it helped to drive the action and was a lovely nod to the Shakespearean aspects of the novel. (Getty) Kevin Feige and the hierarchy of the MCU are pulling no punches when it comes to the cast for the Thunderbolts team, starring a who's-who of Marvel fan favourites. Whether it's a meditation on time-keeping, a maritime true-life tale or an investigation into waste, these are the titles to add to your reading list this year. It has always been about that, even when we didnt know it was.. Do you think he loves them in the . Find and save ideas about james and oliver if we were villains aesthetic on Pinterest. Its been so many weeks. Hi, he replied, his voice still slow and rusted from sleep. The next morning, Oliver and Meredith are awoken by Filippa. "Oliver", James whispered, no more than a breath out of his lips; relief, pain, and surprise all mingled together. Shakespeare is fully immersed in every part of the book. Oliver, Alexander, and James decide to fight back during Caesar's death scene, which quickly spirals out of control. His eyes looked tired, maybe from both life exhaustion and from being awakened in the middle of the night, but they were brighter now than Id ever seen them when he visited me in jail. If We Were Villains Quote Sticker. Is James alive or nah? Since I was released, my world had been flipped upside down more times than I cared to admit, and the dizziness of it all left me senseless to what might await me on the other side of that door. Second, I never shipped James and Oliver!! Maybe he had never left shore at all. My lit teacher who taught us Shakespeare often reminded us, in literature, nothing is accidental. She leads the group to the lake, where they find Richard with his skull broken. If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the . i want him to be alive but the grief was already killing him at dellcher.. and then the one person he feels more for than anyone else takes the fall for him. I got up, never letting go, and moved to the chair next to him, so we could be closer. Quando gli amici diventano nemici, non c' limite al male che possono farci. Detective Colborne wants to . Not now., More like slowly walking across an undefined and dark space to you, It is based off the Pentatonix song because Ive associated that with Jolives. I allowed his words to ring in the air and settle in. It would have only tortured Oliver with false hope, and . I brushed a strand of his hair away from his eyes, placing it behind his ear. If wed crossed this line before everything happened.. It was literally the first thing I wanted to do when I got out. So, I think his note to Oliver is to say that he's "killed" James and has adapted a new self - one that is free of the torment that James suffered from. Change Photo Log Report Last Update: 4 weeks . Forgive me if it eventually got too much for me to stay. He snapped. I closed my eyes and felt him shuddering against me, his whole body shaking in growing intensity. Many readers including Cynthia d'Aprix Sweeney, the writer of The Nest, compared this novel to Donna Tartt's The Secret History. ISBN. You went to Meredith when you got out? He asked, hurt by it. You might have been the one to give the blow, but that was all, and it was self-defense. Wren begins to suffer fainting spells, James breaks Oliver's nose during combat practice, and Alex overdoses on drugs but survives. But I think I need to hear you say it. It was night, much past any reasonable bedtime and, if the house was occupied, I wanted to make sure that whoever was inside would hear me, even if they were sleeping. I WANT him to be alive and waiting for Oliver but it makes too little sense and I can't help but think of this one line from one of the previous chapters. The plot is framed as the memories of Oliver Marks upon his release from prison, as told to the former detective who put him there. The New York Times called it "at once good and bad. You dont know because you got to be punished, and I bet it felt good. Yes, Meredith was scared, and hurt but she was also jealous., Dont do that. Oliver accepts but requests that Colborne not act upon what Oliver will tell him. Genre: mystery/thriller. I, too, dont believe in coincidences (especially in literature) and James is alive. oliver finds james and they get their happy gay ending<3. You must, since you figured this is where I was.. But dont you dare put it all on me, how everything unfolded. I like to think that the uncertainty of it all makes it better, that not even Rio knows if he lived. If We Were Villains, written by M. L. Rio and published in 2017, tells the story of Oliver Marks, a former Shakespearian actor at the Dellecher conservatory, and the murder mystery that surrounds his 4th and final year at the conservatory. You know it was about more than that. James takes Wren to bed with him, his revenge on Oliver. That was the story I had spent the better part of a month swimming in, myself. Dont get me wrong. The scene James quoted in his letter to Oliver it has meaning. 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